Gardening Calendar

Once the last daffodil has died down, don't let your bulb display stop. Dozens of bulbs flower spectacularly right through summer, keeping you in d...

Canny vegetable gardeners start thinking about what to grow next winter as soon as the last one is finished. Take time out from the spring rush to ...

Short of space in the garden? Then this is the technique for you. All you need is a single raised bed to enjoy a wide variety of fruit and veg all ...

Most vegetables are raised from seed, making them fantastic value – for the price of a single lettuce bought in the shops, you can buy a packet of ...

When you're just starting out, full of enthusiasm and keen to get going, it can seem an age to wait before you pick the first fruits of all your ha...

Big pots of leafy, flavoursome and generous annual herbs sat just outside the back door where you can reach out and pick them for your cooking are ...

One of the real skills of good vegetable growing is the ability to time the cycle of sowing, growing and harvesting so you always have a steady str...

Filling your house with the colour and fragrance of fresh flowers cut from the garden is one of the great pleasures of gardening. The trouble is, t...

GROWING FROM CUTTINGSCuttings fall into three main groups, but whichever method you use it is essential that cuttings are taken from healthy plants...

When you're happily beavering away in the veg garden over summer, it can seem like the long days of abundant flowers and fruit will never end. But ...

You may be short of outdoor space, but that doesn't mean you have to do without home-grown vegetables. There are lots of veg which do brilliantly i...

Sometimes in veg-growing, as in life, the golden oldies are the best. Older 'heritage' veg varieties aren't often found in the shops, as they aren'...